The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-16
PILLS FROM THE PACIFIC
MORE PETITIONS TO THE COM
MERGE COMMISSIONERS.

mass Will Be Ruined if the Fourth
Clause is Enforced-Philadelp and
New York Refneries Oppose Grant
ing the Requested Suspension.
WASHINGTON, April 15.-The following
,e.ograns have been received by the Inter
to+o Commerce Commission from San
Francisco:
An the productive and monetary relations of
his coast are threatened with disorder and
much loss and nothing but quick ana wise &C
non on yollr part can save our coast from the
ran,endO,ls losses sure TO follow an illiberal or
aorIN,y Interpretation of the fourth section of
,%a Interstate bill We ask suspension of the
ong haul clause, temporarily at least, That our
oosition can be placed before your honorable
body.
This bears the signature of the eight prin-
cina banking institutions of San Francisco,
rigid enforcement of the fourth clause of the
interstate commerce bill will work irreparable
min to ollr vineyards, fruits and salmon in
ernsts will divert shipments OF teas from emma
and japan to the Suez Canal route, and the
,offees Of Central America to Europe and blight
md destroy the industries of this coast which
have involved lifetime of labor and saving to
wild That which was intended by Congress as
boon to the people will prove an irreparabe
calamity TO the Pacific slope unless rellet Is
wanted We earnestly crave prompt and
liberal Interpretation of the fourth section of
Lo i%u tbeTehv Drorecting us from impending
disaster otherwise inevitable.
W. T, COLEMAN & Co, AND CASTLE BROS
THE WOOL TRADES PLEA.
i petition was also received from the
,,,,i;+tao ~ annoirted 70 represent all per
.eI i,1ts,esta6 in tbe wool trade on the Pa
i5@ ' coast llls asking suspension of the opera
,io, If eac+ion fonr of the interstate com
merce Law in the transportation OF wool by rail
ffrom the Pacific coast States to Boston, New
I York, Philadelphia and other through SHIP
/ ping points. The established rate OF three
<and seventy-one hundredths cents per
pound is excessive ana prohlbltS shlpplng
soyerand The wool production of Cali
sfolnia amounts to 4O,0OO,OOO pounds pei,
! year, and the difference between the old and
new rates Of freight involves loss OF over
8S1 000,000 annually to the growers. Higher
( rates mean no higher price to the consumer,
3hut lower net results to the grower,
SUGAR REFINERS AROUSED.
4 Tho commission has also received nv mail
n tba 'I,atition 0f tbe American Sugar Refining
N 1a,llno,',, If Som Franrisc0 r. sets forth
N ba+ tba i,omadjoto effect of the fourth seq
80, ,,,,lal n,odifed will ha to antiralv do
#strov the business of the distributing products
2 of our mandatory in the States of the
4 Mississippi Valley. The company has over
rs, 100000 invested in machinery and mate
a rial devoted to the manufacturing OF re-
#ined sugar and has large contracts for future
&busness involving many millions OF dollars,
N based upon the facilities and opportunities Of
&fered hy overland railroads The enforce
&nent OF the law will destroy its trade and
&capltal. The railroads are willing TO con
a lnue the old rate, and the parties ask that
3they be permitted TO do so.
EASTERN REFINERS OBJECT
The SMEAR refining establishments in Na,v
Work and Philadnlnbia unita il, a lot+ar to
4 tbe commission Tbev understand that the
XPacifc railroads are about TO make annlica-
&hon to be relieved from the operation of
section four. Before their reoust he Grant
7 ed the refiners ask an Opportunity TO he
4heard in opposition.
"It is ALLEGED they cav .sthat tho Pacific
&railroads have been ca,r,;r,, s,ora,. at s1o
Il per ton from San Francisco to Missouri
\ river points while charging Salt Lake CITY
4 about S25 per ton upon shorter distances.
he result has been that Eastern sugar re-
nlloLS Lave been entirely excluded from
Ia[Ee's "nich geographically belong to
mem upon an grades OF sugar made by the
n Gan FRANCISCO relners."
WATER COMPETITION.
n The commission vave hearino +o-dav +o
81 the representative OF the RicbI1ond Fyad-
aricksburg & Potomac RAILROAD IvIo r,oda
al argument in favor Of q SYsnancior of tla
operation of the fou,th sa,.tio,i of tbn oct M
4 Tar as it applies 10 that road ON arconrt of
Il the water conl,otiti0n which tba rnad hos 70
s. meet '''0' '''-' ~
q REPRESENTATIVES of sevo,.ol ,o.,is ,.,,,,,;,,o,
81 eastward from Pnor;o m 60, ,.I
support of petition, for, S,e,,e,,sio,, f t,a he
peration of the fo,,,.tb VI Ciie
Il applies to the TRANSFORMATION of GRAIN east
N Haru lhey set forth the peculiar circum-
sdhces OF competition under which the
Market he lahored, both with water lines and
TlIn trunk lines from Chicago and st.
' un1N' STATISTICS OF the trade and of the
revenues Of the roads were given in detail.
4 AIePfeSentatve-Of the Cape Fear q Yad-
KIN Valley railroad, of North Carolina.
e IDae pl1ef argument in support of the
Y petition TO be permitted to meet the compe-
A'oh OF certain junction points
ERRONEOUS REPORTS.
n The published statemar+ +lo+ tho ,,,,,,,,,;.
sion has appointed Cie ro,iIllls,
Incorrect. as is also tb9t ~ ~ - IT,. 4IIt
decision was reached ,-esto,ja,, ,,+i, ,, .,l.,o q
10 excursion rates NJ so;o,53 "ivI LII
d teray and no decisior me-, tIt "n lslu
been made a,cya pJetG mas
have been received efro,. W PetlOlolls
asking suspension of thi, Law, va iC"l Pe9ple
4 The amusement nrofossin,, wi "S llie' 70
tepetetion of +ba 1a,,, o LII LII SUI an ~
road companies to 80. VII 'eii'iIU lalI-
heretofore Tha ,'inG ITuuceu rates as
policy of railroadS % sto,, So o9Ieiiii9 M WhaI tne
I'M rGE is substantially declination TO make a
Jung upon the subject IL, advaroa of a., ~,